Wes Climer
- Republican · South Carolina Senate District 15 · On the Nov 3 ballot for US House, South Carolina District 5 · vs. Mallory Dittmer (D)
- Background
- State legislator
- Raised
- $1.1M
- Cash on hand
- $269K
- First race on record
- 2016
- Age
- 44
- Races
- Won 3 of 3
Now
US House, South Carolina District 5 · Tue, Nov 3
Wes Climer RepublicanMallory Dittmer Democratic
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | State Senate, SC | Won | 76.1% | |
| 2020 | State Senate, SC | Won | 60.2% | |
| 2016 | State Senate, SC | Won | 98.1% |
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss. Some races are matched to this person by name and seat, not by an ID, so one could belong to someone with the same name.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $863K · Debts owed $0
Reports through Oct 14, 2026. Matched to the FEC by name, party and seat, so it could be the wrong person.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle. Raised $1,132,484. Cash on hand $269,169. Spent $863,314. Debts owed $0. Main committee: Climer for Congress. No donor names are shown.
More about Wes Climer
Offices held (4 terms and offices)
- State Senate, South Carolina
- State Senate, South Carolina
- State Senate, South Carolina
- State Senate, South Carolina
Background
- State legislator
Source: Campaign site
Official pages (2 links)
Their own pages
Government records
Sources (8 sources)
Ballot listing, vrems.scvotes.sc.gov
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026.
Open States people (current) CSVs
Who holds the seat. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0 (Open States people data).
Compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns. Not an official source.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
Election Wrld state legislative returns (web/data/results/sld); each row names its upstream source
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
- Age: Wikidata, counted to Nov 3, 2026. A community-edited source, not an official record. We show the age, never the birth date.
- First win in our records: State Senate district 15, 2016-11-08. Basis: first win in our records (Election Wrld results files; earlier wins may exist outside them).
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
Not available for Wes Climer: a voting record, an ideology score.
DataSources: FEC, Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026